St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-07-30
GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.
UseGul Machines for the Cultivatioa - thl
Vegetable Crop.

GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.
UseGul Machines for the Caltivasies - tAa
Vegetable Crop.
The cultivation of n garden should
he rs perfect as possible. Usually it Is
supposed that hand woIk is bett than
machine work. and that the spade and
hoe and rake are moro effective than
the plow and harrow and cultivator.
But this is great mistake In every
other industry machinery has been
better and more effective than hand
work. Machine-made watches keep
better time; power looms make better
cloth; and all other machinery turn
out more and better work than the
hands. however skillful they may BE-
come by use and habit. The plow
turns over the soil as well as the spade
and ten times more quickly; the har-
row pulverizes and levels the soil. and
the cultivator works and cleans it
equally better than the rake and hoe.
In market gardens this fact is turned
to account, aud the horse does the
mechanical labor. and the man uses
his brains and guides the horse.
But the farm and domestic garden
need = good deal Of light manual work,
although the heavy work may be done
by horses. To accomplish this the gar
den is, or should be. laid out in lolg
parallelogram. so that everything can
h. MA .tal ,v. cn,ru - vc,w, .uA c,,ls;
waited as infield work. Then . small
seel plow. a light sloping tooth har-
row, and a good horse hoe will consti-
tate the garden tools. Some hand hce-
ing, however. will be found necessary,
and for this several Of these useful
implements will be required. A heavy,
broad hoe, . narrow-bladed onel q
pronged one and . forked one are
necessary tn different uses.
Now that injurious insects arc %
numerous and so destructive. . new set
Of apparatus is needed to preserve the
crops from them. A barrel mounted
upon hand truck. with force pump
and spraying nozzle. are indispensable
for the orchard; Paris green disttib-
utor is needed for the potatoes; kcro-
sene oil emulsion spraying syringe is
required for the onions and melons, and
an insect powder distributor must be
used to save the cabbages from the
green worm. All these new pests call
for new appliances for their destruction.
and no garden is well furnished without
them. But there are small gar
dens. such as those in towns and
suburban localities where horses are
not kept and hard work is still in
dispensable. Then is found the advan-
tage of the most effective hand ma
chimes. The hand plow is the first Of
these. 1t is a small plow mounted on q
wheeled frame something like that Of
light wheelbarrow. 1t turns furrow
five inches deep and about as wide.: and
is one of the most useful tools that can
be kept about . country house. We
have plowed . quarter Of IN aero with
it in day.
Seed drills are another useful hand
which save much backache
and leg WEAKNESS in sowing seeds. An
acre may be sOwn in fore noon with |
any kind Of seed. For sowing field |
beets. mangels, turnips or p cas- they are
as useful as in the garden, but here
they are so useful that no garden should
be without one Of them. Some Of these
little machines are made to
serve as cultivators as well. but as they
are cheap we prefer to have a machine
for each separate purpose and % keep
It always ready for use. 4
A garden wheelbarrow II another
necessary implement. This should be
made with set Of boxes for seeds and
nests for cultivator teeth. spare bolts.
wrench. reel and line and other art
lies always wanted. A friend. who
was an enthusiastic gardener. fitted up
,ne Of these vehicles with seat and q
arge umbrella over it and would there
'est himself occasionally when tired
With work in the hot weather, or when
surprised by . sudden light summer
hover. 1t saved many steps back and
orth. as it carried complete outfit Of
Ools, seeds. fertilizers and whatever
articles might be needed in the days
work. A complete supply Of stakes.
.ass. hoops. boxes. pots. panes Of glass.
'tc.. for making trellises. nursing
'oxes for young. tender plants. and
for beans and peas; 3 steel
rowel for transplanting. = pruning
,nife. pair of thick. leather gloves. .
running saw. and whatever experience
nay dictate should be provided liber-
lily for the garden. and . place made
or every thing and every thing kept in
Is place. And this calls for conven.
ont tool house. 7. Times.